Nile River

Egypt is called the

"Gift of the Nile" The culture would not exist with out the river and fertile soil for farming.

Egyptians celebrated the 3 stages:

1. Inundation (flooding June-Sepember) Akhet 2. Emergence (planting and growing- Peruit 3. Harvest (gathering crops-March-May) Shemu

The area after flooding is called _________ __________ because of the nutrient rich soil created by silt (because of the black represented life and was often used in statues showing the afterlife)

Black Land

Mountains are to the south and low lying plains are in the north.

GEOGRAPHY AND ELEVATION OF NILE

The surrounding desert area is knows as the ____ _______.

Red Land

The ancient Egyptians called this rich soil:

The gift of the nile

Civilization started along the Nile about ______________ years ago. Without the NIle, ________________ would be a desert because it rarely rains.

blank 1: 5,000 blank 2: Egypt

As water comes DOWN the mountains, it flows through the river ___________ and empties into the Mediterranean _________.

blank 1: delta blank 2: sea

Each spring, water would run off the mountains and the Nile would _________.

flood

The Nile flows from SOUTH to NORTH because

of the geography of the land

As the flood water receded, _______________,a rich fertile soil was left behind

silt